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The Type 39 torpedo boat was conceived as a general-purpose design, much larger than preceding German torpedo boats. [1] The boats had an overall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 97 meters (318 ft 3 in) long at the waterline.
Ordered in 1938 under the Second Vinson Act, Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship. [2] She was launched on 27 August 1942 and commissioned on 22 February 1943. [ 2 ] Iowa' s main battery consisted of nine 16-inch (406.4 mm)/50 caliber guns.
Spanish ship San Hermenegildo (1789) HMS Scott (1917) Severomorsk Disaster; USS Shaw (DD-373) USS Shawsheen; Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942) Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927) Japanese destroyer Shirayuki (1928) USS Sims (DD-409) Sinking of the Moskva; South Amboy powder pier explosion; USS St. Lo; German auxiliary cruiser Stier; French ...
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.
T31 or T.31 may refer to: Aero Country Airport, in McKinney, Texas; FAA airport code T31; General Electric T31, an American turboprop engine; German torpedo boat T31; Komagawa-Nakano Station, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan; Osaka Metro station code T31; Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor, a British military training glider; T31 cannon, an aircraft ...
The Liberty ship ran aground near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated. [83] HMS LCI(L) 4 Royal Navy: The landing craft infantry (large) was lost in the Far East. [84] Muggur Norway: The cargo ship capsized and sank in Ofotfjord after her cargo of herring and timber shifted. [44] Z34 Germany: The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak ...
Photos show alcohol bottles smashed and glass broken throughout a bar area, while clothing items, accessories and other memorabilia had been flung off the shelves, with display stands toppled.
Admiral Nakhimov – On 31 August the ship collided with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasyov in Tsemes Bay, near the port of Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR. 423 of the 1,234 people aboard were killed. 423 1988 India: A reported 400 people were killed when an unnamed passenger ferry struck a sand bar and capsized in the Ganges River. [22] 400 1988 Philippines